You have been experiencing low libido for quite some time. After researching all the causes and treatment options available, you finally decided to make an appointment with your doctor. After blood tests, medication reviews, and possibly scans your doctor has come up empty handed in trying to explain and treat your low libido. That can only mean it is a mental problem. At least, that is where your thinking is heading.

Another possibility could be that this is the first step you are taking to determine cause and treatment options best for you before speaking with your doctor for what may become invasive testing. Here you are researching what could be causing low libido psychologically. Kudos to you for working on an issue that greatly affects your self-esteem and relationship.

It is a very real possibility that a psychological issue of some sort is interfering with your desire to have a sexual relationship. The range for these concerns varies greatly. It could be something temporary or something requiring emotional soul searching and healing. It could be related to an issue from your childhood or a conflict in your current situation. Whatever the cause, it is good you are seeking to cure it.

Childhood

Many experiences from childhood could affect your sexual function later in life. Some are simple to deal with emotionally and many only take an easy decision and practice. Others can be quite bothersome and very difficult to heal. For instance, if you heard a lot growing up about the wife’s duty to her husband or that sex was created to make babies, you may have a difficult time having sex to enjoy sex. This would make a sexual desire minimal to non-existent.

The more serious childhood experiences include abuse and neglect. The events can hinder someone’s knowledge of what a healthy relationship entails. The trauma, if there was trauma, can make someone withdrawn such that even attempting a relationship is less than possible. If suffering from such an experience, counseling to become a survivor and learn tools to live a healthier life is certainly something that should be looked into and participated in.

Adulthood

There are many psychological things in young adulthood that can affect sex drive then and later in life. Having a lousy self-image certainly compounds the situation such that a vicious cycle starts to develop during these trying times. These insecurities can wreak havoc on finding or keeping a sexual relationship, even one that has become established. You may have performance insecurities that keep you from initiating. Depression for many reasons can cause low libido as well. Obsessive-compulsive behavior may make your mind too busy to think of sex as regularly as is healthy.

Issues with a previous relationship or choosing you are done growing your family can also play a role in low sex drive. Learning to change the views on sex developed during a lifetime to that of sex being an enjoyable activity can benefit men, women, and their partners for life.